Unforgettable beauty of the Tver region
Everyone wants their vacation to be exciting and memorable. You have no idea where to go? Then welcome to Tver region. What will surprise us in this extraordinary place? First of all, you should see with your own eyes the ancient city, which is more than 800 years old — Tver. It was founded back in 1135. The Volga River divides Tver in half, and the city, in turn, occupies both its banks. The right-bank part of Tver is the historical center, and the left-bank part carefully preserves architectural monuments of the past.
«Three-beam» streets are a distinctive landmark of the city. The fact is that the scheme of the center of St. Petersburg was taken as a basis for the project of Tver. Worthy of our attention is the Starovolzhsky Bridge — a majestic engineering marvel of impressive size. For more than a hundred years it has been silently gathering admiring glances of tourists and locals. Despite its size, it seems graceful and weightless, and all thanks to the lightness of the structures.
What are the natural attractions of the Tver region? If you simply say that this area is rich in picturesque surroundings, it means to say nothing. The region is located in the forest zone, including broad-leaved-dark coniferous and pine forests. Forests cover more than 50% of the region! There are also more than 800 rivers and 1769 lakes (the largest number of lakes in the west and northwest) in the Tver Region.
It is worth mentioning such an attraction of this region as the Darwin Reserve (founded in 1945 to study natural changes and named in honor of the English naturalist C. Darwin). This natural biosphere reserve is a specially protected object in Russia with a total area of more than 112 thousand hectares. The reserve land fund occupies a peninsula (north-western shore of the Rybinsk reservoir).
A significant part of the land is occupied by pine forests, where many useful berries grow — cranberries, blueberries, cloudberries. In shallow waters there are clusters of aquatic vegetation — meadowsweet, chastucha, sedge, cattail, cattail, black-headed bush.As for fauna, it is also rich in diversity. There are hares, squirrels, badgers, foxes, wolves, bears, wild boars. In the forests you can meet grouse, owls, grouse, black kites, hawks. Many plants and animals are included in the Red Book of Russia.
These are just some of the attractions of this amazing region. Visiting it, you can personally enjoy its extraordinary beauty. And read more about the sights of the Tver region and other regions of Russia at http://russights.ru!